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Flung to my knees at the end of my bed, angelic voices hymn. I take out<br />
Deming’s Out of the Crisis, Dreams by Jung, The Evolution of Physics and Think<br />
and Grow Rich.<br />
Suspicious, I sit back on my heels. This could be a writer’s chicanery aimed at<br />
deceiving more naive souls with their promise of the joy and nirvana in your work.<br />
But it’s just another set of questionnaires and approaches offering mediocre and<br />
overcooked selections from a cafeteria of skills, jobs and careers. It’s not really<br />
explaining how to hear the Creative Voice that leads us to know our unique<br />
Creative Gift to find our ideal career. A question about the best job for certain<br />
skill sets provides a different answer. It’s taking from what’s known and<br />
squandering the potential of discovering what is unique, untapped, divine. I<br />
shake my head; theirs is a creative approach. Just write a book and poof! The<br />
riches raining down can be used to distract your frustration. Clever.<br />
I lock the trunk and make my way back, formulating a plan.<br />
“Good morning, ROY,” I flirt from inside the only boyfriend I’ve ever wanted.<br />
The ROY G BIV mnemonic inspired by a valued color lesson from Mrs. Hale, my<br />
cherished art teacher whose love of Bob Dylan I never got. ROY has always<br />
been a mediator in the loathed task of shopping. He won’t allow prints and<br />
trendier colors to mix. I fan my fingers across his chromatically-ordered cadre of<br />
tailored skirts and dresses, satin blouses and cashmere cardigans.<br />
Matching bra and panties in hand, “You are awaiting my decision ROY?” I<br />
select the red sheath dress, shorter than Elaine’s Talbot’s uniforms but not as<br />
short as Beth’s skirts.<br />
The Rules of Life by Melissa Abbott-Cooke. Contact: Melissa@therulesoflifebook.com 615-669-5643 9
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